pitted
Example Sentences
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At one point in the bankruptcy, it pitted three creditor groups against one another, threatening to raise capital with third-party financiers at the expense of some existing lenders, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
But “Secret Wars” gets its name from a couple of Marvel comic book storylines that involve various heroes being pitted against each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The artificiality of all this, however, has pitted him against traditionalists who believe in the ocean's ability to self-heal.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Throughout his career, Neill pitted himself against creatures both real and imagined — or, even more often, somewhere in-between — to reveal humanity’s foibles in the face of the freakish and fantastic.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
The throat diameter that I had so carefully calculated and Mr. Caton and his buddies had so precisely machined was now an ugly, oblong, pitted abomination.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
